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Introduction to Aural Perception
Course: MTC103

First Term: 2013 Fall
 Lec + Lab   1.0 Credit(s)   2.0 Period(s)   1.7 Load  
Subject Type: Academic
Load Formula: S


Description: An introduction to the aural skills necessary to hear relationships of intervals, rhythms, melody, and harmony in music.



MCCCD Official Course Competencies
1. Identify all pitches on the staff. (I)
2. Explain the significance of the top and bottom number of a meter signature. (II)
3. Identify, by sight and sound, simple and compound metered music. (II)
4. Notate commonly used rhythms in simple and compound meters. (II)
5. Detect, through listening, rhythmic errors in a musical fragment. (II)
6. Perform rhythmic exercises in simple and compound meters. (II)
7. Aurally compare the pitches between a major and a minor scale. (III)
8. Aurally identify and notate all simple intervals. (III)
9. List structural characteristics of a melody. (IV)
10. Notate, based on listening, melodic fragments in major and minor keys. (IV)
11. Sight sing simple melodies. (IV)
12. Define the four triad types. (V)
13. Identify aurally and notate root position triads. (V)
MCCCD Official Course Competencies must be coordinated with the content outline so that each major point in the outline serves one or more competencies. MCCCD faculty retains authority in determining the pedagogical approach, methodology, content sequencing, and assessment metrics for student work. Please see individual course syllabi for additional information, including specific course requirements.
 
MCCCD Official Course Outline
   I. Notation.
   A. Staff.
   B. Clefs.
   C. Pitch notation.
II. Rhythm.
   A. Meter signatures.
      1. Simple meters.
      2. Compound meters.
   B. Note values.
      1. Common rhythms used in simple/compound meters.
      2. Detection of rhythmic errors.
   C. Exercises: performing common rhythms in simple/compound meters.
III. Intervals.
   A. Pitch difference between major and minor scales.
   B. All other intervals within the octave.
IV. Melody.
   A. Structural characteristics.
      1. Starting and ending pitches.
      2. Melodic curve.
      3. Highest and lowest pitches.
      4. Stepwise or leaps.
   B. Fragments in major keys using simple/compound meters.
   C. Fragments in minor keys using simple/compound meters.
   D. Error detection.
   E. Sightsinging simple melodies.
      1. Stepwise motion.
      2. Leaps within the tonic triad.
V. Triads.
   A. Intervallic construction of triads in root position.
      1. Major.
      2. Minor.
      3. Diminished.
      4. Augmented.
   B. Aural identification of all triads.
 
MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: December 11, 2012

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